You know it: Looking
down at your cellphone is perilous
to your neck! The forward head posture we all fall [prey|victim]3] to when reviewing texts or checking the news or viewing
the latest reel isn’t good for your neck. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
offers gentle treatment for the Pensacola neck pain and
related arm pain which is quite helpful!
We also offer a few tips on how to use
your cell phone less harmfully to your spine.
NECK PAIN AND SMART PHONE USE: Exercise May Help
Neck pain due to cell
phone popularity is rising! Young and old alike
feel it. We are all using our smartphones
while walking, sitting, visiting. (In the old days, we’d visit not even thinking about using a phone.
Not so much today!) A
meta-analysis of 26 published papers measuring neck posture’s influence on neck pain patients of all ages
found that the craniovertebral angle of the neck differs
among them with respect to age, gender, pain (with or without) and
correlated negatively with neck pain. (1) A newer
study stated that the most awkward posture for
head and neck angles while operating cellphones
was sitting in a chair without a backrest. The authors offered some
comfort in that they found some corrective exercises that help decrease
neck pain severity by 36.6% and disability by 13.3%. (2) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center has a
few exercises in our chiropractic treatment plan that that can help if you’re
interested!
CELL PHONE USE AND HEAD POSTURE: Lift Your Chin
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center also shares how changing your head posture may
be beneficial. Comparing asymptomatic people with and without
forward head posture, researchers documented statistically
significant differences in sensorimotor and somatosensory processing factors
with forward head posture increases. The
positive news was that they also found that with each
1° increase in craniovertebral angle of the neck (ie.e. less forward
head posture carriage), the somatosensory factors improved. (3)
The take-away: Lift your chin up!
NECK POSTURE, FORWARD HEAD POSTURE and PHYSICAL FITNESS
Further, forward head posture was shown to influence
sensorimotor processing and integration measures in both athletic and
non-athletic people. College
athletes with such forward head posture compared to those with
normal head posture exhibited such issues as
well as less efficient skill-related physical fitness (like balance, leg power,
agility). (4) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center’s use of the gentle, safe, non-rotational
treatment of painful necks with Cox® Technic may have
a role in decreasing neck pain and affecting
related issues. Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Shay Corbin on The Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes his chiropractic care
of a patient suffering with neck and arm pain using The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
Schedule your Pensacola chiropractic
visit to deal with any neck pain, sensorimotor and/or somatosensory
issues you may be having that are related
to any of your hazardous smartphone use!